20161109

Election Night 2016 turned out to be a dud, suspense-wise. And a 8,978 gigaton nuclear bomb otherwise.

Donald J. Trump will nominate at least the next two (sorry Ruth) Supreme Court Justices. Unless 45 pulls out another rubber mask and returns as Don Pro-Choice T. (which neither Mike Pence nor the GOP-controlled Congress would let happen), the US are bound to return to the Middle-Age on key human rights*. And maybe embrace durably the ultraconservative line, the way Israel did after the murder of Yitzhak Rabin.The only good news of today is the hope that, at long last, the Clinton Dynasty will stop ruling the Democratic Party. We saw how Joe Biden's familial tragedy combined with Elizabeth Warren's reluctance to run against Hillary allowed a new figure to ride the Need For Change + Anything But Hillary waves, and her weaknesses to sink deeper into everybody's minds acrosss the aisle. Had Bernie Sanders won the primaries, Michael Bloomberg would have probably decided to run, and won the elections. Maybe also made a decent POTUS.Even with Sanders and Warren on board, even with the full support of Barack and Michelle Obama at the peak of their popularity and motivation, even with a superiority in the ground and online games, Clinton couldn't carry the positive side of the force. Abandoning the rustbeltiest parts of the Democratic firewall didn't help against The Donald's one-man-show.Nationwide, state by state, county by county... the scale of Trump's victory is scary. Way scarier and deeper than W's 2004, which Obama managed to gracefully compensate.

If Trump delivered the acceptance speech he was expected to give, he remains a dangerous, loose canon surrounded by such bad hombres as Breitbart's Steve Bannon. And we still don't know how far the interests of people like Vladimir Putin have been pushed at the core of the world's supposedly model democracy.Now that the Alt Right and the KKK are celebrating a victory they claim as theirs, the future of America lies in moderate Republican lawmakers. And in a new and truly uniting figure to reach for them from the Democrats' ruins.

20161106

One of the things the Donald Trump campaign has in common with George W. Bush's is the way their propaganda systematically inverts accusations.- Hillary Clinton is a crook: Trump University, anyone?- she illegally deleted emails: you've been doing worse for decades, Don*. And how about that secret server communicating with Russia?**- she's hiding things: show us your tax returns, Donald - no other candidate has dodged this fundamental duty- she's working for special interests against small people: story of your life, Don. Well documented, and complaints keep pouring in.- she betrayed the African American community: you've been charged with racial discrimination, and keep fueling racial hatred across the country- she'll ship jobs to China: how many Trump branded accessories are made in China, by the way? - she'll ruin the economy: remind us how many bankruptcies you achieved, Donald- she's rigging the elections: your Trump campaign has already been charged with voter suppression in Ohio, and your KKK friends have said they will do their best to deter colored people from voting- she's getting pay for play: you paid to play, Don. And tell us more about your ties with Russia - maybe these tax returns, deleted emails, and secret servers could help us measure your dependence on Vladimir Putin (judging by how you changed the GOP policies towards Russia and Ukraine, no wonder Vlad is rooting for you and doing his best to undermine Hillary's campaign).- she's facing prosecutions for the years to come: your next trial will be by the end of this year, Don- Bill is a sexual predator: at least he never bragged about it the way you did - maybe because he seems more confident in his own virility